Method and apparatus for boxing bag stacks

摘要

A method of boxing bag stacks supported on U-shaped wickets having the wicket cross-member on one side of the bag stack, including supporting a bag stack by grasping both the cross-member and the bag stack other end from the other side of the bag stack, moving the supported bag stack into a container, and releasing the bag stack in the container. An axially extending carrier includes a grasper on one axial end and is selectively extendable in a generally radial direction for selective engagement with the wicket cross-member from the other side of the bag stack. A grasping mechanism on the other axial end of the carrier extends in the generally radial direction to selectively grasp the bag stack other end.